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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 through 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Ashkenazi Jews were from where?
(a) Eastern Europe.
(b) Southern France.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Canada.

2. What refers to a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States?
(a) 12/17 attacks.
(b) Bin Laden attacks.
(c) 4/4 attacks.
(d) 9/11 attacks.

3. Where was Vanessa Redgrave born?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Rome, Italy.
(d) London, England.

4. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the culture of society could be summed up in one phrase, "That's how we do things in Chicago," the sub-text of which was what?
(a) Ignorance is bliss.
(b) You are doing things wrong.
(c) Not to question established conventions.
(d) We are better than you.

5. According to Mamet, the United Nations destroyed the image of America by identifying the nation as what?
(a) The number one criminal of the world.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Not concerned with other countries.
(d) Greedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the con man in the play "The Music Man"?

2. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?

3. What executive orders did FDR institute which brought about a variety of programs designed to produce relief (government jobs for the unemployed), recovery (economic growth), and reform?

4. Who wrote the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

5. What was the profession of David Mamet's father?

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